Freehold Township, NJ Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)

2 of the Traffic chapter, most recently amended by Ordinance No. O-01-05, create a residential parking-permit district mechanism for streets the Township has designated in Schedule IIIB. On a designated street, no vehicle may park during the hours the schedule specifies on days when school is in session unless it is owned and regularly operated by a resident of that street and displays a residential permit clearly visible in the left rear window for an enforcing officer to check. The code carves out two exceptions that do not require a permit: contractors, service, and delivery vehicles bearing a commercial business's name and address while actively rendering service to a resident, and emergency, municipal, or public-utility vehicles performing service or repairs within the permit area.

Each household on a Schedule IIIB street automatically receives two permits from the Township Clerk's office at no charge, and a household needing more must apply in writing on the Clerk's forms; the code caps the number issued per household at one permit for each vehicle a resident actually owns or principally operates, and every permitted vehicle must be fully registered and operational with the Division of Motor Vehicles. Permits run for one year. Holding a permit does not excuse compliance with any other parking or traffic rule, and it is only valid within the specific Schedule IIIB area for which it was issued.

3. The specific streets and hours covered are set out in Schedule IIIB, an attachment to Chapter 11 that residents can obtain from the Township Clerk's office to confirm whether their block is included.